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新东方大学英语四级考试

全国统一模拟冲刺试卷

COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST

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Part I Writing (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. Suppose you have two

options for learning English: one is to take an online course and the other to sign up

for a traditional course. You are to make a choice between the two. Write an essay to

explain the reasons for your choice. You should write at least 120 words but no more

than 180 words.

注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。

Part II Listening Comprehension (30 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you

will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken

only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four

choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer

Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.

Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.

1. A) Seven.

B) Nineteen.

C) Thirteen.

D) Thirty.

2. A) To save the victims from the fire.

B) To observe the columns of smoke.

C) To contain the fire in time.

D) To find who caused the fire.

Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

3. A) Repairing a power saw.

B) Laying down a water pipe.

C) Having a meeting.

D) Digging a construction hole.

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4. A) He rushed the victim to the hospital immediately.

B) He tried to stop the blooding.

C) He made an emergency call.

D) He continued to work with the dangerous tool.

Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.

5. A) To cut down on the number of large trucks produced each year.

B) To regulate how much goods a truck should be loaded with.

C) To debate over the problems faced by American highways.

D) To limit the speed of large commercial trucks.

6. A) 2,000.

B) 260.

C) 68.

D) 1,115.

7. A) Because it could go against truck accident lawyers‟ wishes.

B) Because it might make truck drivers feel bad about their job.

C) Because it may create more dangerous road conditions.

D) Because it would reduce the truck drivers‟ income.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation,

you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken

only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four

choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer


注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡 1 上作答。

Conversation One

Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

8. A) He has a misconception of his ability.

B) He is new at his job.

C) He earns very little in his job.

D) He desires to be a reliable man.


9. A) They are angry with the limit on their salary.

B) They are afraid of failures at work.

C) They are unwilling to work hard.

D) They are focusing on other worthwhile things in life.

10. A) It makes them hard to find qualified employees.

B) It brings them great loss in business.

C) It helps them to tell good employees from bad ones.

D) It offers them chances to rethink about success in their business.

11. A) Being too loyal to his company.

B) Being considered as being part of the problem.

C) Being ignored by his boss.

D) Being isolated by his colleagues.

Conversation Two

Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.

12. A) Street children are between 7 and 18.

B) Most street children are of age for going to middle school.

C) Street children are hard to be found in large cities.

D) Most street children don‟t know their dates of birth.

13. A) They are much older than street children in Africa.

B) They are taken better care of than street children in Africa.

C) They lead a better life than street children in Africa.

D) They live more comfortably in winter than street children in Africa.

14. A) The low income of African families.

B) The old political and racial problem.

C) The dominance of white people in Africa.

D) The loss of traditional values in African society.

15. A) They are more than black street children in number.

B) They are all given a chance to get sufficient education.

C) They are taken good care of by the state.

D) They are more polite than black street children.


Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B),

C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line

through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.

16. A) Because off-campus jobs offer a lower salary.

B) Because there‟s a long distance between school and the workplace.

C) Because co-workers in off-campus jobs are somewhat unfriendly.

D) Because off-campus jobs are very demanding for a college student.

17. A) Better academic performance.

B) A good working environment.

C) Chances to make new friends.

D) Opportunities to become one of the faculty at your school.

18. A) Adding more of your previous working experience.

B) Making it well-written.

C) Using finer paper to print out your resume.

D) Inserting information about your course load.

Passage Two


19. A) Getting them addicted to coffee.

B) Letting them a sharper sense of smells.

C) Offering them confidence.

D) Making them much healthier.

20. A) Drinking coffee might help people to get rid of stress.

B) Coffee will help people to stay up longer at night.

C) Roasted coffee beans are poisonous to rats.

D) People‟s brain has the ability to predict when they need to drink coffee.


21. A) By providing an effective cure for patients‟ illness.

B) By releasing patients‟ emotional stress over their disease.

C) By helping patients to control their movements.

D) By letting patients forget their disease.

Passage Three


22. A) Many locals began to learn how to make jars by themselves.

B) Newlyweds preferred unique and handmade items.

C) Imported items edged out locally-made wares in the market.

D) Restaurants continued to buy hand-crafted pots.

23. A) They offer a variety of handmade items by local potters.

B) They refuse cheap imported handmade wares.

C) They set a limit on the prices of handmade wares to attract more customers.

D) They promote hand-crafted wares in foreign markets.

24. A) In 1960.

B) In 1990.

C) In 1980.

D) In 1977.

25. A) By joining in the Gold Coast Potters Association.

B) By learning from their family members.

C) By copying imported high-quality handmade items.

D) By communicating with other local potters.

Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word

for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.

Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank

is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer

Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the

bank more than once.


Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.

A ray of hope has broken through the economic depression hanging over the country‟s high

streets, with a leading retail academic believing she has the formula for success: the problem is

men and the solution is women.

Soaring rents, online shopping and the damages of the economic 26 have left one in

nine high-street shops empty. Over the past six months some of Britain‟s biggest retailers, 27

Game, Habitat, Jessops and HMV, have closed their doors.

Gloria Moss, scholar in management and marketing at Buckinghamshire New University, says

that the answer is 28 : women are responsible for 83 per cent of all shopping purchases, and

high streets simply have to 29 this.

Dr Moss, who has been researching 30 habits for more than 18 years, says her work

shows that many shops are designed by men who don‟t give enough 31 to women and ignore

the fact that they hold the lion‟s share of buying power.

According to her research, women buy 93 per cent of all 32 , 92 per cent of the holidays

and 96 per cent of beauty products. Perhaps 33 , she has found that women buy 60 per cent of

all new cars and 55 per cent of home computers.

“Retail experts were brought in a little over a year ago to 34 solutions,” Dr Moss said.

“Not one of these refers to one of the most obvious facts about town shopping: the most of it is

done by women.” Dr Moss adds that women‟s shopping 35 are often poles apart from those

of men, who tend to dictate retail and local and national government policy.

A) simple

B) thought

C) including

D) surprisingly

E) preferences

F) recommend

G) development

H) gender

I) excluding

J) complicated

K) precious

L) groceries

M) excessively

N) acknowledge

O) downturn

Section B

Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each

statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph

from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once.


Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corre-

sponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.

Little Privacy in the Age of Big Data

[A] With massive amounts of our personal data now being routinely collected and stored, privacy

breaches (破坏) are almost inevitable. In other words, personal information is routinely entered,

collected and exchanged online, but is mostly unsecured.

[B] In the era of big data, the battle for privacy has already been fought and lost—personal data is

routinely collected and traded in the new economy and there are few effective controls over how it

is used or secured. Data researchers and analysts now say that it‟s time for legislation to reclaim

some of that privacy and ensure that any data that is collected remains secure.

[C] “We have become the product,” says Rob Livingstone, a fellow of the University of Technology

and the head of a business advisory firm. “We are being productised and sold to anyone,” he said.

“We‟re being monetised in essence. We are being mobilised as products with inducement of the

services of we use such as Facebook and Twitter.”

[D] However, Livingstone says the dilemma facing regulators is how they can regulate the collection,

storage and trading of personal data on the on the internet, when all of these activities, and the

corporations themselves, operate across multiple continents and jurisdictions.

[E] The task of reclaiming some semblance (表象) of privacy is all the more urgent because the rate at

which personal data is being collected is accelerating. The buzz (消息) around big data is attract-

ing millions of dollars of from investors and brands hoping to turn a profit, while intelligence

agencies are also furiously collecting information about our online activities for much different

purposes.

[F] And alongside these, there‟s also the black market operators that make millions of dollars a year

out of things like identity theft and matching disparate data sets across the web to help identify

people who might be suitable targets for a scam (欺诈). Add to that emerging technologies like

Google Glass and facial recognition technology and you‟ve got a recipe for mass online surveil-

lance not just by intelligence agencies, but by all. And it‟s unclear how all this will be used in the

near or long-term future.

[G] While many of us don‟t think much of sharing our details online now, Livingstone says the danger

is that our society may give up its privacy rights “without due regard for future consequences” and

without debate over the implications.

[H] Eerke Boiten, a senior lecturer at the University of Kent, advocates the creation of standards to

better protect the data that is collected and exchanged online. “You could make it compulsory for


web servers to use the secure HTTPS prefix rather than the HTTP default,” he said. “A lot of en-

cryption capabilities on existing mobile and tablet technology is switched off by default too. You

could change that.”

[I] But as to who should create these standards and who gets to decide what the standards include “is

a political question”, Boiten says. Alex Hearn takes a look back at the „no professors allowed‟ in-

formal dining club which laid the foundations for the British cybernetics movement artificial in-

telligence. “You could give orders through government though it should be accomplished through

the market, if enough people want it badly enough.”

[J] But that requires enough people to know and understand what they‟re asking for, and then you‟re

back to the problem of protecting people from their own ignorance when it comes to privacy and

security. But then again in the UK there has already been a consumer protest against revelations

that medical data was being onsold to marketers without knowledge or consent of the people it

belonged to.

[K] But hoping and waiting for the Australian population to take notice may not be the most efficient

way to get things done. In Australia, Boiten said the country‟s data protection needed to be

“stronger and with more teeth”. New privacy principles were recently passed into law which re-

quired all businesses earning more than $3m annually to disclose to customers how their infor-

mation was being stored and used, however the new legislation failed to request compulsory data

breach notifications for businesses who fall victim to security violations. A bill that would make it

illegal to hide security problems was set to pass into law last year, however it failed to make it

through both houses of the Senate before the election. And since the Coalition took power, the

legislation has put aside.

[L] Boiten agreed with Livingstone‟s assessment that companies are simply not capable of protecting

their own data. “The technology is not good enough yet,” he said. “Yes there are crypto solutions

but they get implemented badly and they get used badly, are inconvenient to use, and require lots

of time and money in training. “Ebay is still in business. Target is still in business. Even though

they both lost a significant amount of data. The incentives are not strong enough on companies to

get it in right.”

[M] Or is volunteering our personal data simply the price we pay for free services? As the old saying

goes, if you‟re not paying for it, you‟re the product. Paul Greenberg, head of the National Online

Retailers Association told Guardian Australia that he was happy to share his data “so long as I‟m

getting something back”. “Information can be priced,” he said, “and it always has had a price. I

don‟t see why that will change.” “Knowledge is power, but the transaction between consumers

and service won‟t be about monetary terms, it‟ll be about relevance. I‟d happily trade you rele-

vance for information. And I reckon a lot of people will also.”


[N] Greenberg said the privacy concerns over big data are “completely overstated”. “Maybe I don‟t

want people to know about my love life, but I‟m happy to put a price on my privacy,” he said. “As

long as I get a ROI (return on investment), whether that‟s in the form of relevant content, or cus-

tomised goods or services”. Greenberg, however, admitted that even the most successful corpora-

tions have difficulty protecting their customers‟ information from security breaches and that

something needed to be done to protect them.

[O] But then there‟s the national security argument of big data. Edward Snowden revealed last year

that the National Security Agency, GHCQ and ASIO (amongst others) were and are conducting

wholesale surveillance of its citizens online, sucking up all the noise in the hopes that its sophisti-

cated technology can detect patterns or anomalies that could help prevent acts of terror. Boiten

argued that there was little evidence to suggest mass data surveillance was efficient, or effective.

“You‟re doing mass data collation but what evidence do we have that it works?,” he asked.

36. Data researchers and analysts advise that laws be passed to protect privacy and keep any data

collected secure.

37. Black market operators may make money out of personal data, or track people who might be

targets for bad guys.

38. According to Eerke Boiten, standards are supposed to be created to better protect those personal

data collected online.

39. Paul Greenburg believed that more efforts should be done by even the most successful corpora-

tions to take care of their customers‟ personal data.

40. According to Livingstone, it‟s dangerous that the general public don‟t pay enough attention to

the future consequences of putting their personal data online.

41. Even though much of customers‟ personal data was stolen, big companies like Ebay and Target

are still in operation, without taking any further countermeasures.

42. The accumulation of big data of personal data attracts many interest groups, investors, brands,

and even intelligence agencies.

43. In the United Kingdom, without permission from people, much of their medical data was sold

to marketing teams.

44. By Livingstone, it‟s a hard task for regulators to execute the inspection over the flow of per-

sonal data online, which involves too many individuals and government organizations.


45. In Australia, a great deal more legal work should be carried out to better ensure the security of

personal data.

Section C

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or

unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and

D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer


Passage One


Happiness is more than just a feeling; it is something we can all practise on a daily basis. But

people are better at some „happy habits‟ than others.

5,000 people surveyed by the charity Action for Happiness, in collaboration with Do Some-

thing Different, rated themselves between 1 and 10 on ten habits identified from the latest scientific

research as being key to happiness.

The survey revealed which habits are most closely related to people‟s overall satisfaction with

life. All 10 habits were found to be strongly linked to life satisfaction, with Acceptance found to be

the habit that predicts it most strongly. Yet Acceptance was also revealed as the habit that people

tend to practise the least, generating the lowest average score from the 5,000 respondents (被调查

者).

When answering the Acceptance question, “How often are you kind to yourself and think

you‟re fine as you are?”, people‟s average rating was just 5.56 out of 10. Only 5% of people put

themselves at a 10 on the Acceptance habit. Around one in five people scored an 8 or 9; Less than a

third scored a 6 or 7; and almost half of people rated themselves at 5 or less.

Treating our bodies to regular physical activity is another proven happy habit. Yet the survey

revealed that this is another habit that often gets overlooked. The average answer to “How often do

you spend at least half an hour a day being active?” was just 5.88 out of 10, with 45% of people

rating themselves 5 or less.

Professor Karen Pine, a psychologist from the University of Hertfordshire, said: “Practising

these habits really can boost our happiness. It‟s great to see so many people regularly doing things

to help others—and when we make others happy we tend to feel good ourselves too. This survey

shows that practising self-acceptance is one thing that could make the biggest difference to many

people‟s happiness. Exercise is also known to lift mood so if people want a simple, daily way to fee

happier they should get into the habit of being more physically active too.”


46. What can we learn about the survey on happiness?

A) Most people are keen to be happy.

B) Some people choose to be unhappy in some stages of their life.

C) People surveyed may rate themselves in a wrong way.

D) Several habits could be practiced to give people a sense of happiness.

47. The habit of “Acceptance” _______.

A) is closely related to people‟s positive feelings of life

B) is well recognized by the majority of the general public

C) can be conveniently practiced by people of all walks of life

D) promises a happy life for every one of us

48. When answering the “Acceptance” question, almost half of people rated themselves at 5 or less

because _______.

A) they are too modest

B) they seldom practice the habit

C) they are too shy to give themselves high scores

D) they always come across many barriers throughout their life

49. In respect to regular exercise, people surveyed seem to _______.

A) are satisfied with their physical condition

B) consider physical activity as essential to their life

C) do poorly in this respect

D) be unhappy with their scores

50. According to Karen Pine, it‟s sensible that _______.

A) we have some effective ways to achieve happiness

B) psychologically feeling happy is not enough for most people

C) practicing self-acceptance is the first step towards a happy life

D) doing things to help others may rid people of their sins

Passage Two


The price of god is influenced by numerous factors, key among them being the production

cost because gold producers always intend to maintain profitability. Most of the gold traders and

investors value gold stocks based on existing market values as well as future gold prices. They buy

or sell gold stocks based on speculation on the gold price movement leading to constant fluctua-

tions. Other than this, the following factors are also responsible for gold price fluctuations.


Firstly, the market involvement of central banks in gold trading can be attributed as being re-

sponsible for gold price fluctuations. The actions of central banks buying gold mean that the price

movements of gold are substantial to the extent of double-digit changes. Analysts argue that most

central banks have been the net sellers of gold for the last two decades but this has fundamentally

shifted where the central banks have become the big buyers of gold from the market.

Secondly, gold price fluctuations are as a result of price manipulations by influential central

banks as well as governments. The Gold Anti-Trust Action (GATA) committee regularly points out

that gold prices are illegally suppressed; a trend that GATA believes has been going on for the last

two decades. However, this theory remains just an accusation since there are measures that the

World Gold Council has put in place to ensure that central banks play fair in the open marketplace.

Thirdly and needless to say, the demand and supply of gold in the market is pivotal in deter-

mining the price of gold. Experts agree that there is not enough gold being produced to meet the

ever increasing demand of the precious metal.

Finally, gold has acted as a safe haven (避难所) for investors, especially at the wake of the

global financial crisis that hit markets all over the world. This has led to an emerging trend where

traders and investors set aside substantial amounts of their funds into the gold portfolio. In addition,

like-minded investors have joined the bandwagon such that there is peer pressure in buying gold,

leading to frequent gold price fluctuations.

51. What can be learned about the gold traders and investors?

A) They make profit out of changes in the gold price.

B) They care very much about the production cost of gold.

C) They are positive in the future of the existing gold market.

D) They earn more in gold trading than gold producers do.

52. According to the text, central banks _______.

A) might serve as a force for stabilizing the price of gold

B) can make much profit by selling gold stocks

C) may have a great influence on the price of gold

D) could suffer much if the price of gold goes up

53. In contrast to the World Gold Council, the GATA committee _______.

A) believes that central banks can play fair in the gold market

B) takes no concrete action to limit central banks‟ gold trading

C) sees no way out for avoiding gold price fluctuations

D) thinks that central banks should change their roles from sellers of gold to buyers


54. As for the demand and supply of gold in the market, experts tend to believe that _______.

A) the price of gold would go up

B) the gold producers will make more profit

C) central banks could sell their gold to stabilize the price of gold

D) price manipulation might not be worthwhile in the near future

55. According to the last paragraph, the global financial crisis _______.

A) triggers the increase in the price of gold

B) brings much financial pressure for gold investors

C) leads to more investments in the gold market

D) balances the demand and supply of gold in the global market

Part IV Translation (30 minutes)

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into

English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

绿色在西方的象征意义(symbolism)与它在中国文化中的意义之间并没有很多的不同。差

异主要在于: 在西方，绿色代表财富、和谐、增长和生态友好，而在中国代表“清洁和无污

染”。绿色也用来形容有机产品，如绿色牛奶指有机或无毒素的牛奶；绿色蔬菜指没有使用

农药的蔬菜。但戴绿帽子的男人却指妻子不忠。由于绿色在中国可以指完全不同的东西，所

以使用该词语的时候要慎重。

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